Avid Jockstrap fan here. If you’ve never heard of Jockstrap before, listen to Concrete Over Water, The City, and 50/50. If you like those songs, you’re gonna want to listen to everything else because every song they create is nearly as good. The album as a whole might be an 8, but their ability to make music is 10/10.
@MORPHEUS 💯 they already do.. I had to laugh at Apple Music’s description of the band circa 2018, “the almost unthinkable fusion of 60s pop and avant-club”, as if it was remotely shocking to hear something like this in the late 2010s, or in 2022, let alone “unthinkable!”.. It’s not like this wild, eclectic, banger here, ballad there, is it ballad or banger(?), experimental pop/club gumbo is something that hasn’t been done before by many bands where that’s just what they are, it’s what they do,, and part of why people get into them.. it’s why I think they’re interesting, if not great. I hope they just build on this gumbo, not streamline it. Imo it would make them less interesting (sort of like James Blake’s career arc, where he was an OG in this world, but streamlined it down to more digestible and direct electronic pop/rnb). That’s my two cents… ✌️
I went into this like "hell yeah another 8/10" and came out with tears in my eyes within the first third of the album. It's exhausting how good this was.
I'm not really into art pop and almost always enjoy it less than the people who put me onto it, but this album is insane. The vocals are angelic, the songwriting is smart and beautiful, and the production consistently brings in pleasant surprises. honestly surprised fantano only gave it an 8.
This is the most fun album of the year and I can't really think of an album that combines great songwriting, experimentation and easy enjoyability so well. Ya know it's kinda like the album I thought Grimes might have made after Art Angels, but alas.
Took the words right out of my mouth. I'm a little saddened by Grimes' trajectory in her career... I wish she would just return to the ways she had made music in Visions and Art Angels, free of distractions, negativity and bad juju from baby-making, artiste rivalry (Poppy) and cassa novas (Elon).
Grimes is done, unfortunately. Sell out. Her “collab” w/EM seems to have destroyed her novel creativity. It’s too bad. Art Angels & Visions are near masterpieces.
I've seen these guys 10 times live here in the UK, and not once do they disappoint, even if they don't engage with the crowd much. I thought this album was awesome, although I must say, I feel like they could have combined all their prior EPs and singles before 2021 into an album and it would result in a much stronger whole than this album, which I feel, contrary to their prior projects, doesn't push boundaries and rather just duplicates the boundaries that were already pushed before.
This is the exactly chaotic lo-fi vibe I was looking for. I can hear so many influences from artists I like, Slint, Joni Mitchell, Mount Eerie/Microphones, glitch pop.
These are the 39 scores from the records in the 2022 Loved List! 1- (STRONG 9) Viagra Boys - Cave World T2 - (Decent to STRONG 9) Black Midi - Hellfire J.I.D - The Forever Story T-4 (DECENT to Strong 9) Black Country,New Road - Ants From Up There Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems T-6 (LIGHT to Decent 9) Baby - Petrol Girls Silvana Estrada - Marchita T-8 (Strong 8 to a LIGHT 9) Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You Conway the Machine - God Don’t Make Mistakes 10- (STRONG 8 to a Light 9) billy woods - Aethiopes 11-(STRONG 8) Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - Topical Dancer Chat Pile - God’s Country 13- (Decent to STRONG 8) Beyoncé - Renaissance T-14 (DECENT to Strong 8) Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future FKA twigs - Caprisongs Gospel - The Loser Kenny Beats - Louie Leikeli47 - Shape Up Lupe Fiasco - Drill Music in Zion Otoboke Beaver - Super Champon Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful T-22 (Light to DECENT 8) Artificial Brain - Self Titled Foxtails - fawn Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B Kralice - Crystalline Exhaustion Meridian Brothers - Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento T-27 (LIGHT to Decent 8) Beach House - Once Twice Melody Black Thought & Danger Mouse - Cheat Codes Pusha T - It’s Almost Dry T-30 (LIGHT 8) Daniel Rossen - You Belong There JER - Bothered / Unbothered Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers Wormrot - Hiss T-34 (Strong 7 to a LIGHT 8) Benny the Butcher - Tana Talk 4 Black Dresses - Forget Your Own Face Bladee & Ecco2k - Crest Cheekface - Too Much to Ask Kilo Kish - American Gurl The Weeknd - Dawn FM
i find it so strange how injury reserve, black midi, bcnr, etc are all intermingled with each other, but it's for sure produces some of the best of most exciting music of the past few years
My Ellery timeline goes: Watch the film Bait. Listen to some Jockstrap. Get into BC, NR. Feel like I know the violinist or something. Feel creepy about it. Why Do I feel this way? Get into Jockstrap. See promo images of Jockstrap. WTF, it's her? Search her name to check. See that she was in Bait. "omg, she's the posh girl in bait!" Don't feel so weird about recognising her any more.
@@YodasPapa back in 2020 I was obsessed with jockstrap’s first 2 EPs and then during 2021 I hyperfixated on bcnr and specifically in the summer there was a week where I was listening to ‘The Key To The City…” and “for the first time” obsessively on repeat and reading a bunch of bcnr interviews and then reading a bunch of jockstrap interviews and then realizing Georgia Ellery was in both… that moment cemented both her and her groups as my favs of all time, ridiculous amounts of talent on display here
The main reason the record was just meh for me while I was listening was, since the album cover was so boring, my mind just kept thinking the music was boring even though it wasnt
Started listening to them two years ago after their ep release and I was really surprised they werent bigger. They really have their own sound and im looking forward to more releases.
Saw these guys at a festival recently- Taylor walked around the stage with his hands behind his back after pressing play on his laptop which was pretty disappointing. Georgia smashed it though
I actually don't listen to albums you talk about too often due to time but I am so happy I listened to this one. My album of the year so far. Big Cardigans vibes
Probably my top album of the year so far. Not perfect, a couple songs are a bit under-developed - Angst, in particular - but in terms of sheer sonic adventure, imagination and emotion, it's a banger.
THANK YOU. It’s got this haunting Romantic ballad vibe. I love the evocative lyrics, the refrain is stunning. I felt like it’s not supposed to go anywhere else, it’s gentle and restrained compared to a lot of the album. I am surprised it was overlooked by most reviewers on TH-cam too, very unique
My favourites from the album are greatest hits, concrete over water and 50/50. Greatest hits is such a sublime piece of work. The rest are inventive, but can feel a bit jaring at parts, but I guess that's the whole selling point of their music - unexpected twists and turns. I do hope they leverage more on Georgia's vocals - I love her calls of 'Hello' and her vocal refrains throughout Debra, but the production is slightly too glitchy and hectic at times to warrant repeated listens.
love this album, my personal album of the year so far. Jockstrap continue to show no boundaries in their sound. love how they can create beautiful sounding string sections and grimy electronic sounds in the same project.
This mf really complained about them having “no set boundaries” when that’s what I wish more groups had... no boundaries to what they can do in an amazing fashion.
I've only listened toit once so far but the last half of it really got my attention, starting with concrete over water. I'm so excited to see what's next for Jockstrap tho thx for turning me on to them anthony
Great review Anthony. I loved this album too. I’m excited to see what they’ll do in the future. Also - I hope you’ll be reviewing the new Marlon Williams album, cause I loved that one as well. Beautiful throughout the whole thing
Pretty much completely agree with Fantano on this one. Really looked forward to this record and was pleased but duds like Lancaster Court and Angst served more ballad than thrill or uniqueness, and they clearly had no intention on album cohesiveness. I think it's because of the fact that I also listened to the 3 singles way in advance of the album, I also felt pretty underwhelmed by the 10 tracks.
Reviewing an album is just concisely introducing the context of the record, giving thoughts on each song and summing up feelings about the project as a whole.
I like this record a lot, it had grit and kind of feels like being on drugs. I like it. It just kind of goes pants off at times and I think that just makes it fun
I’m glad I watched this because I already had an opinion on the album and it was cool to see that my opinion did not line up with Anthony’s 100% and see how subjective this is and that it’s all ok.
![TL;DR - People are a Social Construct [18/May/24]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/9IAPrnZOmso/mqdefault.jpg)
![TL;DR - People are a Social Construct [18/May/24]](/img/tr.png)
Georgia Ellery absolutely killing it this year
and last year and the year before. she's one of my favorite newer musicians. she is really talented.
right? two of the best albums of the year easily. AFUT still number 1 easy
@@bee-sk3il plus she did the string parts on the beabadoobee album this year!
@@joeb6929 oh wow
@@joeb6929 NO WAY??
georgia has an EP love, two 8s, and a 9 under her belt rn. insane run so far
And now a 7 with the live album
I played violin on this and can tell you it was the best recording experience I’ve had!
That’s so cool!
You did a wonderful job
I'm surprised cause I thought see was a violinist but that's really cool man!
omg were georgia and taylor nice
the fact that Georgia Ellery is a member of two of the most unique and progressive bands of the last few years is so impressive to me
Holy shit I did not know she was in BC,NR!
Holy shit I did not know she was in Imagine Dragons!
holy shit, I didn't know she was in NAV!
Holy shit i didn't know she was the 4th Death Grip!!!
bc,nr progressive?
this wouldve been a 10 if it was called “I Love You Anthony F”
or if it was called, ‘I Love You Kendrick L’
W pfp
Anthony F Baby and the F is for...
🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Would've been a 9 if it was called love you Nathaniel B
Georgia Ellery smashing it this year with this and AFUT
Avid Jockstrap fan here. If you’ve never heard of Jockstrap before, listen to Concrete Over Water, The City, and 50/50. If you like those songs, you’re gonna want to listen to everything else because every song they create is nearly as good. The album as a whole might be an 8, but their ability to make music is 10/10.
and the new mix of 50/50 is a fucking techno masterpiece. very rare that artists like this manage to cross over into proper club music so successfully
@@snowgirl3522 you are totally right, I gotta add 50/50 to this starter pack
City hell too
i like your name
I can't stop listening to Glasgow.
Whatever their next album is gonna be has crazy potential imo. I think they will have their style figured out by then.
We said that about Alt-J
@MORPHEUS 💯 they already do.. I had to laugh at Apple Music’s description of the band circa 2018, “the almost unthinkable fusion of 60s pop and avant-club”, as if it was remotely shocking to hear something like this in the late 2010s, or in 2022, let alone “unthinkable!”.. It’s not like this wild, eclectic, banger here, ballad there, is it ballad or banger(?), experimental pop/club gumbo is something that hasn’t been done before by many bands where that’s just what they are, it’s what they do,, and part of why people get into them.. it’s why I think they’re interesting, if not great.
I hope they just build on this gumbo, not streamline it. Imo it would make them less interesting (sort of like James Blake’s career arc, where he was an OG in this world, but streamlined it down to more digestible and direct electronic pop/rnb). That’s my two cents… ✌️
bork is a really funny last name
How to tell someone doesn’t know much about what they are listening to the comment
honestly my favorite album of the year so far, such a fun listening experience
Same here. Concrete over water is just consumin me, cant listen to anything else
So glad Injury Reserve turned me onto Jockstrap, incredible record
How did they do that?
@@jerrys1 Robert by jockstrap, was also how I found em
@@jerrys1 Injury Reserve were on the first track of their 'Wicked City' EP.
This sounds like a meme because both names are sports related
Its just not funny anymore
I went into this like "hell yeah another 8/10" and came out with tears in my eyes within the first third of the album. It's exhausting how good this was.
This would’ve been a 10 if it was called “I Love You Nathaniel B”
clicked to find this comment
I agree
I'm not really into art pop and almost always enjoy it less than the people who put me onto it, but this album is insane. The vocals are angelic, the songwriting is smart and beautiful, and the production consistently brings in pleasant surprises. honestly surprised fantano only gave it an 8.
Agreed!
If you can see these guys live, do. Easily the best gig i've been to in the last year.
The first thing I thought after listening to this project was "I absolutely have to see them live".
Sounds like it has to be an experience
Saw them in Bristol, they were amazing live!
Seeing them today in Liverpool 😝
Saw them in NYC and they were incredible. I can't wait for them to go on tour again!
This is why Georgia isn't on tour right now with BCNR. And that's ok. Cause they're in good hands and this is awesome
This is the most fun album of the year and I can't really think of an album that combines great songwriting, experimentation and easy enjoyability so well. Ya know it's kinda like the album I thought Grimes might have made after Art Angels, but alas.
Took the words right out of my mouth. I'm a little saddened by Grimes' trajectory in her career... I wish she would just return to the ways she had made music in Visions and Art Angels, free of distractions, negativity and bad juju from baby-making, artiste rivalry (Poppy) and cassa novas (Elon).
Grimes is done, unfortunately. Sell out. Her “collab” w/EM seems to have destroyed her novel creativity. It’s too bad. Art Angels & Visions are near masterpieces.
@@lequinntessential omg spot on.
Agreed, it's a shame she's basically become an EDM artist who happens to like cosplay
“Greatest Hits” is such a great song
this is the debut of the year. im blown away by this entire project. love it to bits
i loved wicked city, glad to see the new stuff holds up as well
I've seen these guys 10 times live here in the UK, and not once do they disappoint, even if they don't engage with the crowd much. I thought this album was awesome, although I must say, I feel like they could have combined all their prior EPs and singles before 2021 into an album and it would result in a much stronger whole than this album, which I feel, contrary to their prior projects, doesn't push boundaries and rather just duplicates the boundaries that were already pushed before.
Fantastic Album, a tremendous step-up from the Wicked City EP. One of the best debuts LPs of the year.
I really see 50/50 more as a bonus track than part of the full album
Yeah same, Lancaster Court feels much more like an intentional ending track
This is the exactly chaotic lo-fi vibe I was looking for. I can hear so many influences from artists I like, Slint, Joni Mitchell, Mount Eerie/Microphones, glitch pop.
This album came out of nowhere. I absolutely loved it. Strong 8 out of 10. Possibly higher after multiple listens
One of the most criticized 8's I've seen from Anthony in a while. Definitely gonna check it out because of that.
You won’t regret it. Listen to wicked city too. Any other artist would have gotten a 4 but jockstrap makes 10/10 songs regardless of album cohesion
@@joshjoshjoshjoshjoshjoshj Appreciate it homie. Wicked City is on the list now too!
So what did you think
@@jdm3075 👀
Really loved this record. Jockstrap is forging new territory and I'm here for it.
This album exceeded my expectations and honestly blew my mind. It’s beautiful and exciting and a special experience. Shit is on repeat.
this album was so weird and fun to listen to. I think Debra was my favorite track, it really comes in out of nowhere
BCNR FRIENDS FOREVER
LOOKED AT THE MOON
PRESS X AT THE STARS
These are the 39 scores from the records in the 2022 Loved List!
1- (STRONG 9)
Viagra Boys - Cave World
T2 - (Decent to STRONG 9)
Black Midi - Hellfire
J.I.D - The Forever Story
T-4 (DECENT to Strong 9)
Black Country,New Road - Ants From Up There
Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
T-6 (LIGHT to Decent 9)
Baby - Petrol Girls
Silvana Estrada - Marchita
T-8 (Strong 8 to a LIGHT 9)
Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Conway the Machine - God Don’t Make Mistakes
10- (STRONG 8 to a Light 9)
billy woods - Aethiopes
11-(STRONG 8)
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - Topical Dancer
Chat Pile - God’s Country
13- (Decent to STRONG 8)
Beyoncé - Renaissance
T-14 (DECENT to Strong 8)
Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future
FKA twigs - Caprisongs
Gospel - The Loser
Kenny Beats - Louie
Leikeli47 - Shape Up
Lupe Fiasco - Drill Music in Zion
Otoboke Beaver - Super Champon
Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful
T-22 (Light to DECENT 8)
Artificial Brain - Self Titled
Foxtails - fawn
Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B
Kralice - Crystalline Exhaustion
Meridian Brothers - Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento
T-27 (LIGHT to Decent 8)
Beach House - Once Twice Melody
Black Thought & Danger Mouse - Cheat Codes
Pusha T - It’s Almost Dry
T-30 (LIGHT 8)
Daniel Rossen - You Belong There
JER - Bothered / Unbothered
Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
Wormrot - Hiss
T-34 (Strong 7 to a LIGHT 8)
Benny the Butcher - Tana Talk 4
Black Dresses - Forget Your Own Face
Bladee & Ecco2k - Crest
Cheekface - Too Much to Ask
Kilo Kish - American Gurl
The Weeknd - Dawn FM
Easily a 9, possibly even a 10 for me
i find it so strange how injury reserve, black midi, bcnr, etc are all intermingled with each other, but it's for sure produces some of the best of most exciting music of the past few years
Very very good album. Was surprised to find out Georgia Ellery is also a member of Black Country
My Ellery timeline goes:
Watch the film Bait.
Listen to some Jockstrap.
Get into BC, NR.
Feel like I know the violinist or something. Feel creepy about it. Why Do I feel this way?
Get into Jockstrap.
See promo images of Jockstrap. WTF, it's her?
Search her name to check.
See that she was in Bait. "omg, she's the posh girl in bait!"
Don't feel so weird about recognising her any more.
@@YodasPapa back in 2020 I was obsessed with jockstrap’s first 2 EPs and then during 2021 I hyperfixated on bcnr and specifically in the summer there was a week where I was listening to ‘The Key To The City…” and “for the first time” obsessively on repeat and reading a bunch of bcnr interviews and then reading a bunch of jockstrap interviews and then realizing Georgia Ellery was in both… that moment cemented both her and her groups as my favs of all time, ridiculous amounts of talent on display here
went into this album completely unaware of who they were and their previous work but I was blown away with a lot of the tracks
I was smiling from the beginning of "50/50" to the very last second of the track. Pure madness
The production on this is crazy
Honestly, the only disappointment of this album was the Cover Art.
The main reason the record was just meh for me while I was listening was, since the album cover was so boring, my mind just kept thinking the music was boring even though it wasnt
@@oblivionaccess how
@@donnnut the vinyl comes w a sticker sheet that you’re supposed to put however you’d like on the cover
@@donnnut w stickers of many words in the style of the Jockstrap font on the digital. cool idea
@@cooperdavis6606 oh wait that's cool but It doesn't translate digitally
Started listening to them two years ago after their ep release and I was really surprised they werent bigger. They really have their own sound and im looking forward to more releases.
50/50 is a banger. One of my favourite songs this year honestly
Saw these guys at a festival recently- Taylor walked around the stage with his hands behind his back after pressing play on his laptop which was pretty disappointing. Georgia smashed it though
lancaster court is the best song on this album, melon wildin
I actually don't listen to albums you talk about too often due to time but I am so happy I listened to this one. My album of the year so far. Big Cardigans vibes
Probably my top album of the year so far. Not perfect, a couple songs are a bit under-developed - Angst, in particular - but in terms of sheer sonic adventure, imagination and emotion, it's a banger.
Really? Lancaster court is your least fav track?...i thought that song was dazzling and haunting AF. AMAZING GROUP
THANK YOU. It’s got this haunting Romantic ballad vibe. I love the evocative lyrics, the refrain is stunning. I felt like it’s not supposed to go anywhere else, it’s gentle and restrained compared to a lot of the album. I am surprised it was overlooked by most reviewers on TH-cam too, very unique
Liked the album a lot. For some reason it really gave me Third by Portishead vibes.
I would love a nouns - While of Unsound Mind review!
Expected a 6 with the way he talked about it and ended up giving it an 8. Melon you are one peculiar fellow.
Jenny B, Debra, Glasgow and 50/50 are easily my favs loving this record
My favourites from the album are greatest hits, concrete over water and 50/50. Greatest hits is such a sublime piece of work. The rest are inventive, but can feel a bit jaring at parts, but I guess that's the whole selling point of their music - unexpected twists and turns. I do hope they leverage more on Georgia's vocals - I love her calls of 'Hello' and her vocal refrains throughout Debra, but the production is slightly too glitchy and hectic at times to warrant repeated listens.
Melon really just gave his jockstrap an 8
Definitely love the orchestral elements and electronic art pop foundations, easy 8 for me.
Saw them supporting injury reserve a few years back and they were stunning glad to see them getting the recognition
YES I LOVED THIS ALBUM SO MUCH THANK YOU MELON
This album along with Black midi's Hellfire might be albums of the year for me personally...cracking stuff👍👌
i was really hoping for more like City Hell. that song has stuck with me unlike few else in the past couple years
This band has a lot of the band Broadcast vibes. I love that shit. Off the wall and gives no fucks!
love this album, my personal album of the year so far. Jockstrap continue to show no boundaries in their sound. love how they can create beautiful sounding string sections and grimy electronic sounds in the same project.
it's that real music coming back home 🥺
Damn melon i thought you were happily married but im glad you speak your heart out!
Been loving this record. Just checked your channel to see if you have posted a review, and you have, 13 minutes ago! lol
This mf really complained about them having “no set boundaries” when that’s what I wish more groups had... no boundaries to what they can do in an amazing fashion.
easily top 3 favorite albums of the year
this shit is so much cooler than bcnr
agreed
I've only listened toit once so far but the last half of it really got my attention, starting with concrete over water. I'm so excited to see what's next for Jockstrap tho thx for turning me on to them anthony
Can’t wait for the sequel “I Love You, Nathaniel B”
Please review Sudan Archives “Natural Brown Prom Queen”.
Great review Anthony. I loved this album too. I’m excited to see what they’ll do in the future. Also - I hope you’ll be reviewing the new Marlon Williams album, cause I loved that one as well. Beautiful throughout the whole thing
easily a 9. the sequencing is great.
Loving it so far! Been looking forward to this album for awhile now
JOCKSTRAP LETS GOOOO
Pretty much completely agree with Fantano on this one. Really looked forward to this record and was pleased but duds like Lancaster Court and Angst served more ballad than thrill or uniqueness, and they clearly had no intention on album cohesiveness.
I think it's because of the fact that I also listened to the 3 singles way in advance of the album, I also felt pretty underwhelmed by the 10 tracks.
Loved the album so much
Album of the year in my book (although, admittedly, I've probably missed a lot of stuff as I mainly listen to older music).
Reviewing an album is just concisely introducing the context of the record, giving thoughts on each song and summing up feelings about the project as a whole.
The Jennifer B track reminded me a bit of some early Xiu Xiu
"angels having a sexy dance party among the clouds" 'nuff said.
i love you nathaniel b
I like this record a lot, it had grit and kind of feels like being on drugs. I like it. It just kind of goes pants off at times and I think that just makes it fun
Album made me say, “Jeez Louise!”
i think it would be fun to see melon talk about the latest EDEN album, which is a real treat [imo]
If it was called Come Home Jennifer B misses you would have gave it an 11/10
you would’ve given it a 10 if it was called “I Love You Nathaniel B”
would have been a 10 if it was nathaniel b
This is 9/10 for me, maybe more.
Check out that new Garden album!
shifting around in his goddamn yellow flannel shirt reviewing god knows what
Natural brown prom queen next
I’m glad I watched this because I already had an opinion on the album and it was cool to see that my opinion did not line up with Anthony’s 100% and see how subjective this is and that it’s all ok.
I Love You Georgia E
If you're quick there are still some of the limited release yellow vinyl left, only 500 copies!
That's enough slices
I would like to see YOU in a jockstrap anthony! please!!
Fantano's TPAB/Black Messiah depression continues into its 45th week--you will feel a release when rotating the covers more, rest assured.
Genthony Ztano the Inter*wheezes*nets busiest music nerd!
Hope you get to the new Sudan Archives album soon! It’s amazing
Where's the Himera review melon?
Still a 10.
OH MY GOSH FUCKING FINALLY I LOVE THIS ALBUM AND I LOVE JENNIFER B
I love you, Calahan C